1. Famous quotes or poems about selfishness

1. A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. ——From "The Analects of Confucius·Li Ren" by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period

Translation: A gentleman understands morality, while a villain understands interests.

2. Does the prefect of Xuancheng know that there is one foot of blanket and one thousand taels of silk? The earth doesn't know how cold it is and people want to be warm. It rarely takes people's clothes to make lichen. ——From "The Red Thread Carpet" by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Does the Xuanzhou Prefect, who enjoys high official status and generous salary, know that weaving a one-foot-long blanket requires thousands of taels of silk? What a waste of people and money! The earth doesn't know whether it's cold or warm, but the hardworking people rely on it to survive. Don't take away the silk that the people rely on to weave clothes and keep warm to weave carpets.

3. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn’t care about the frost on other people’s tiles. ——From Song Dynasty Chen Yuanliang's "Shi Lin Guangji· Warning Motto"

Translation: Just clean the snow in front of your own door. Don't worry about whether the snow on other people's roof tiles has been cleaned. Specifically, don't meddle in other people's business.

4. It’s none of your business, just hang it up high. ——Modern Mao Zedong's "Against Liberalism"

Translation: Think that things have nothing to do with you, put them aside and ignore things that have nothing to do with you.

5. Seize the mud swallow's mouth, cut the iron needle, scrape the golden Buddha's face and search carefully, and find nothing. The quails are looking for peas in their crops, the egrets are chopping the fine meat from their legs, and the mosquitoes are eating fat from their bellies. It’s a shame the old man did it! ——"Drunken Taiping" Anonymous in the Yuan Dynasty

Translation: Seize the mud from the mouth of the swallow, peel the iron on the head of the needle, scrape the gold carefully on the face of the Bodhisattva, looking for something in the absence. Look for peas in the throat pouches of quails, split some meat from the legs of egrets, and extract fat from the stomachs of mosquitoes. It's a good thing that you, the old man, can do it. 2. Famous quotes or poems about selfishness

1. A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit.

——From the translation of "The Analects of Confucius: Li Ren" by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period: A gentleman understands morality, while a villain understands interests. 2. Does the governor of Xuancheng know that there is a blanket of one foot and a thousand taels of silk?

The earth doesn’t know how cold it is and people want to be warm, so it rarely takes people’s clothes to make lichen. ——From the translation of "The Red Thread Carpet" by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty: Does the prefect of Xuanzhou, who enjoys a high official and a generous salary, know that weaving a one-foot blanket requires thousands of taels of silk? What a waste of people and money! The earth doesn't know whether it's cold or warm, but the hardworking people rely on it to survive. Don't take away the silk that the people rely on to weave clothes and keep warm to weave carpets.

3. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn’t care about the frost on other people’s tiles. ——From Song Dynasty Chen Yuanliang's "Shi Lin Guang Ji· Warning Motto" Translation: Just clean the snow in front of your own door, don't care whether the snow on other people's roof tiles has been cleaned, especially don't meddle in other people's business.

4. It’s none of your business, just hang it up high. ——Modern Translation of Mao Zedong's "Opposing Liberalism": Think that things have nothing to do with you, put them aside, and put things that have nothing to do with you far away.

5. Seize the mud swallow's mouth, cut the iron needle, scrape the golden Buddha's face and search carefully, and find nothing. The quails are looking for peas in their crops, the egrets are chopping the fine meat from their legs, and the mosquitoes are eating fat from their bellies. It’s a shame the old man did it! ——Anonymous translation of "Drunk Taiping" from the Yuan Dynasty: Seize the mud from the swallow's mouth, peel the iron on the head of the needle, carefully scrape the gold on the face of the Bodhisattva, looking for something in the absence.

Looking for peas in the throat pouches of quails, splitting some fine meat from the legs of egrets, and extracting fat from the stomachs of mosquitoes, it’s a good thing that you, the old man, can do it. 3. Quotes about selfishness

1. Selfishness will always exist. ——Voltaire

2. Everyone is selfish. ——Plautus

3. Selfishness is peaceful, it is a natural force, you can say that trees are also selfish. ——Lord Louis Stevenson

4. Dominant selfish desires are often misunderstood as a person’s sacred enthusiasm for devoting himself to human causes. ——E. Hubbard

5. All smart people are selfish. ——Emerson

6. People who live only for themselves are insignificant. ——French late Renaissance thinker Montaigne

7. Be calm, courageous, discerning, and not selfish. ——Lu Xun, a modern Chinese writer and political commentator

8. Selfishness is an obstacle to building people up. ——Selfish Quotes Lv Kun, a writer and thinker in the Ming Dynasty

10. Nine points of selfishness are hidden under one point of kindness. ——British educator Herbert Spencer 4. Famous sayings about selfishness: Beg on your knees

Being sensitive to your own pain but insensitive to the pain of others is one of the sad characteristics of human nature.

(Daisaku Ikeda) What is tolerance? It is what human love is all about. (Voltaire) If you can help others sincerely, others will also help you. This is the best reward in our lives.

(Emerson) The more a man gives to others and the less he demands, the better he is. The less a man gives to others and the more he demands, the worse he is.

(Leo Tolstoy) This is a world full of plunder and selfishness. Therefore, the few people who act unselfishly and are willing to help others can benefit greatly.

Because few people will compete with him in this regard. (Carnegie) Noble people like to give favors and are ashamed to receive favors.

(Aristotle. 5. Poems about selfishness

1. Most people in this world put their own interests first, and then They are relatives.

The remaining few people are fools whose emotions have blinded their reason. 2. To deal with a selfish person, it is not to hate him or ignore him, but to gradually stay away from him from the bottom of your heart. Stay away from him, and then pretend not to know anything.

If he goes to find someone else, you will find that many people stay away from him. 3. Love is guilt-free without any selfish possessiveness. Indulgence.

- Morande 4. If parents spoil and pamper their children and satisfy their willful demands, they will become weak-willed and selfish people. It should be blind.

——Dzerzhinsky 5. Human selfishness is a wall that isolates people from the world. 6. Selfish people are good at discovering sadness and pain, and putting sadness and pain into perspective. Spread it to others.

7. Selfish people have pain written on their faces, and selfless people have pain engraved in their hearts. 8. Some people pretend to be calm on the outside, but they are calm in their hearts. It's selfish and careless, which is really not good. It not only brings no benefits, but also makes you extremely miserable.

In fact, as a person, you should hide yourself in the market and hide your heart in the woods.

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Let others see your philistine side, but your heart is clear and generous. Although there are always people in the world who don’t understand you, what does it matter in your heart? The world is already open. ——Lu Qi 9. A narrow and selfish mind can become a hell for oneself, but a broad and cheerful mind can become a paradise for others.

There is only one layer between you and heaven, and all the flames of jealousy always start by burning yourself... When it comes to smiling, everyone is familiar with it, because living in the world is about harmony and tolerance. If you smile when you meet, you will have good relationships. , Being generous in situations can achieve great things.

10. Let go of your selfish desires and evil thoughts, and let go of your unnecessary persistence and stubbornness.

11. Love is a sincere and sincere embrace, a sincere and sincere communication, and there is no room for hypocrisy and selfishness. 12. You must be careful when choosing friends! Selfish people will wear the mask of friendship, but they also pretend to be friends. A good trap to trap you.

13. Only love that sublimates and empowers us with beautiful feelings and thoughts can be regarded as a noble passion; it makes us selfish and timid. Cowardice, love that leads us to blind and instinctive obscene actions, should be regarded as an evil passion - George Sand 14. What makes people feel sad is that when they are selfish, they are aware of their own selfishness and are ignited by guilt. Tortured beyond recognition.

15. There are probably no people in the world who are not selfish at all, but there are quite a few people who are extremely selfish. 16. We are both too selfish. I want you to be dedicated, and you want me to be tolerant.

17. A selfish person always feels that his selfishness is blameless. 18. A person sweeps the snow in front of his own door, while others get frost on their tiles when they are closed.

19. Love is a noble, beautiful, and pure emotion. Hypocrisy and blackmail should be replaced by loyalty and sincerity, selfishness should be replaced by mutual respect, and hasty actions should be replaced by moral civilization. 20. Those who are self-possessed cherish their own personality; those who are selfish cherish the money outside themselves.

21. The love between men and women is mainly a selfish feeling, and selfishness is a calculation of every detail. 22. People in love should open their hearts to each other, as is commonly said, express their feelings to each other and reveal all their thoughts.

The cryptic and uncandid actions here are a manifestation of selfishness. 23. A selfish person buys a house and wishes that the house price would increase tenfold in one day, making it impossible for others to buy a house. They think that only by widening the gap between themselves and others can they have something worth showing off. They cannot show their success unless they step on others.

Remember: people have to endure hardships, but they don’t have to be great. 24. People nowadays are very selfish. Once they get on the bus, they shout "It's full, it's full!" and push the people behind who want to get on the bus, hoping that they won't be able to get on the bus.

25. An honest and gentle temperament is born from self-love, while a paranoid and jealous temperament is born from selfishness. 26. There is nothing more selfish than the desire for fame and fame. Working for others is just to gain your own fame.

27. He is a cold, heartless person who has no family affection, is very selfish, and does not consider others at all but only himself. 28. Having sincere sympathy and a conscious sense of responsibility are the qualities of an ageless woman.

Even if a selfish woman is only eighteen years old, she will make people think that she is very senile and disgusting. A woman who is philanthropic, a woman who is broad-minded, a woman who loves the world and nature, a woman who holds flowers and smiles at the calm situation, such a woman becomes more and more beautiful.

29. Frustration is a stone, crushing your wild imagination; frustration is a fire, burning your selfish and ignorant soul; frustration is water, washing your unreasonable and barbaric thoughts. 30. All stimulating thoughts are beautiful.

There is only one enemy, and that is selfishness. It can make the spring of life turbid and dry up, it can make the sky of the soul narrow and dark, and it can make the ideal stars dim and blurred. . Work hard to inspire the light and power in your heart, to inspire the joy of selfless love and devotion.

31. Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together. There is no one who has not had friends and relatives, but there are some who have never had true love. Despicable people regard the true love as a bargaining chip in their hands; selfish people regard the true love as something in their pocket; timid people regard the true love as their own talisman. Only those with heart and affection can truly appreciate the true love! 32. As the saying goes: Everyone is for me, and I am for everyone! But as the saying goes: If you don't take care of yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth! People are selfish but selfless. As long as society is harmonious and everyone believes in each other, it will be better! 33. Life is limited, and money can never be earned. If you use your limited life to earn money that you can never earn, you will end up with endless regrets.

34. The combination of selfishness and greed will hatch many poisonous snakes that harm others. 35. Be generous, generous and generous! 36. Wang Rong was extremely stingy when he sold Li Zhuanhe.

37. Selfish people generally lack care and feel lonely. He always puts himself and his own interests first.

If you ask him to do something that is not good for you, it will be difficult to communicate with him. To get along with this kind of person, you must pay attention to him from the heart and let him feel the warmth and value of emotion.

38. When a selfish person gets what he wants and is satisfied, he will stand up and fight for you to fight for what you want. The world is so ugly, we have to face reality before we can go our own way. 6. Famous quotes about selfishness: Beg on your knees

Being sensitive to your own pain but insensitive to the pain of others is one of the sad characteristics of human nature.

(Daisaku Ikeda) What is tolerance? It is what human love is all about. (Voltaire) If you can help others sincerely, others will also help you. This is the best reward in our lives.

(Emerson) The more a man gives to others and the less he demands, the better he is. The less a man gives to others and the more he demands, the worse he is.

(Leo Tolstoy) This is a world full of plunder and selfishness. Therefore, the few people who act unselfishly and are willing to help others can benefit greatly.

Because few people will compete with him in this regard. (Carnegie) Noble people like to give favors and are ashamed to receive favors.

(Aristotle.